Cisco has an interesting article talking about estimates for the exhaustion of the IPv4 address space, and the inevitable move to IPv6. It predicts that the IPv4 address space will be exhausted in 2 - 10 years and suggests that it isn't worth trying to reclaim old allocations.
And I'm sure Cisco would be happy to provide the new equipment necessary for such an upgrade, for a small fee of course.
As far as I can tell, there are more than enough IPv4 addresses to go around -- I'm sorry but no matter how much the average slashdotter wants it to happen, my toaster does not need its own IP on the network. I haven't seen any good examples of why IPv6 is needed. As they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Anyone who adds that "well IPv4 is inherently broke.." will get a swift kick in the ass.
A friend of mine is a children's writer. When she writes a non-fiction book she is typically asked to sign a contract that indemnifies the publisher against legal costs resulting from errors of fact in the book. If she was to suggest a school experiment that involved drinking sulphuric acid, because she'd confused it with acetic, then she'd be in big trouble. Yet I can't do anything when a company produces software that exposes my online banking details to any script kiddie with time to spare, because I've agreed a license that removes such liability.
Wait. What's that I hear? Oh... that's just the world's smallest violin playing the world's saddest song just for you.
dinosaurs produced and shelled their eggs much more like modern birds than like modern crocodiles.
The Institute for Really Important Shit (tm) has uncovered evidence that dinosaurs produced and shelled their eggs much more like ancient dinosaurs than modern birds or crocodiles.
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And I'm sure Cisco would be happy to provide the new equipment necessary for such an upgrade, for a small fee of course.
As far as I can tell, there are more than enough IPv4 addresses to go around -- I'm sorry but no matter how much the average slashdotter wants it to happen, my toaster does not need its own IP on the network. I haven't seen any good examples of why IPv6 is needed. As they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Anyone who adds that "well IPv4 is inherently broke.." will get a swift kick in the ass.
Wait. What's that I hear? Oh... that's just the world's smallest violin playing the world's saddest song just for you.
Well, you can be sure that these products won't survive the merger:
1. Photoshop
2. Flash
3. Acrobat
4. Dreamweaver
5. Premiere
I mean, really, does anyone use any other products made by these companies?
The Institute for Really Important Shit (tm) has uncovered evidence that dinosaurs produced and shelled their eggs much more like ancient dinosaurs than modern birds or crocodiles.